USAID Exposed

[Dr.3D]

So much winning!

Are the members here that thought Trump was just a big psyop still holding that position?

Some may be upset because their funding is drying up.

 

[wizardwatson]

It was fun while it lasted...

https://x.com/USAB4L/status/1886511768962523609

Don't worry, I'm sure Rubio will post every future USAID transaction directly on the website in the spirit of 100% transparency.

Not a single dollar will be authorized without Israel's approval.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1886498936178827651

 

[Brian4Liberty]

https://x.com/USAB4L/status/1886514322308006061

 

[wizardwatson]

https://x.com/USAB4L/status/1886514322308006061

Before consensus forms on the truth, Trump will do something else sensational to drag the news cycle in a different direction.

This is his art.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Continue to flood the zone.

This shit started before I was born, it is not going to go away overnight and it is not going to go away without a fight.

 

[Anti Federalist]

https://x.com/i/status/1886521094925910386

 

[Occam's Banana]

[...] the fate of USAID is likely that it will [...] be rolled into the State Department.

"As we dug into USAID it became apparent that what we have here is not an apple with a worm in it, but we have actually just a ball of worms. If you have an apple with a worm in it, you can take the worm out. If you have a whole ball of worms, it's hopeless. USAID is a ball of worms. There is no apple. And when there is no apple you just need to get rid of the whole thing. That's why it's got to go. It's beyond repair," Musk explained.

IOW: They're going to get rid of the "ball of worms" by redistributing the worms to other apples.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1886547893806407745

 

[Occam's Banana]

And you wonder why they call us The Great Satan...

https://x.com/TheOnlyDSC/status/1886474823590687218

https://x.com/i/status/1886521094925910386

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Wilsonianism for the 21st century ...

https://twitter.com/bopinion/status/1475563902243164160

 

[wizardwatson]

IOW: They're going to get rid of the "ball of worms" by redistributing the worms to other apples.

This implies there are healthy apples.

I would think of it as taking a lot of worm balls and making one giant worm ball.

This works for Trump, because even though the supply of worms remains the same, there are technically fewer wormballs.

 

[unknown]

He ain't gettin it.

 

[asurfaholic]

This implies there are healthy apples.

I would think of it as taking a lot of worm balls and making one giant worm ball.

This works for Trump, because even though the supply of worms remains the same, there are technically fewer wormballs.

I laughed. Great pic

 

[devil21]

usaid is a cia fronr? the hell you say?!?!

eta: oh wait nm i get it. now that all countries are bis/city of london controlled, the controlled demolition of the apparatus can be "revealed" and disposed of.



(anyone paying attention knows that usaid smuggled weapons amongst bags of rice for a long time. color revolutions were carried on the backs of usaid humanitarian "missions".)

 

[Swordsmyth]

I think it's important to understand what Trump can and can't do.

USAID is an agency that exists to implement the policy outlined in the "Foreign Assistance Act". Trump himself signed a bill in 2017 amending this act that created new positions within USAID. But I suppose the corruption in USAID just started during the Biden administration. It's fully within the President's power to make sure that foreign aid is following foreign policy, much of which the President has the power to define.

Now, "shutting down USAID" basically means nothing outside of a bureaucratic cleansing. Trump does not control the appropriations outside of his veto power. So he can "suspend" and whatnot, and even shuffle that money, but he's got to spend it eventually, or else it will just be spent by the next administration.

So as Whitney points out, the real thing happening is that he's consolidating the power within the state dept. I don't deny that the consolidation is good for efficiency, but it is also bad for oversight.

How about just ending the Foreign Assistance Act as well as the appropriations?

Fat chance.

The only thing Trump is ending, is a lot of people's jobs. Maybe this is good. But I'm skeptical here as well. I'm familiar with how government does I.T. These attempts to bribe federal employees to leave and join the private sector are likely being spearheaded by Musk and DOGE. My guess is that they want to outsource much of these tasks so that team Musk/Thiel/Vance can more easily plug in the technocracy. Executive branch can't appropriate itself funds to do this, so they are doing an "efficiency" exercise to free up the cash to pay for it.

Again, good or bad, we'll see. It's not even been two weeks. But please stop pretending Trump is "saving money". He doesn't even have that power, that's your lazy do-nothing Congress.

Learn about impoundment.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Well....

Now the goal is more clear.

How convenient that Trump gets credit for exposing Covid corruption that occurred on his own watch (2019). But Biden conveniently pardons the people who worked for Trump, you know because Biden is trying to "protect them from political persecution". I said when Fauci was pardoned it was a favor to Trump, because now Trump has no expectation from his base to go after the guy.

And now Rubio is "acting director of USAID". Because, as I stated above, legally Trump can only shuffle things around. No matter where he puts the USAID money, or what he chooses to label it as in his new administration, it's the same thing.

Trump is truly the king of spin.

The pardons are illegal and will not stand up.

And USAID was created by an executive order and can be killed with one.
Trump transferred control to better dismantle it.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Even this article is full of dumb statements:

USAID Absorbed Into State Department Under Rubio After DOGE Crusade

https://www.zerohedge.com/political...-ball-worms-no-apple-must-get-rid-whole-thing

Here's a snippet of Musk talking about it, but the whole article has much of the same sentiment:


This idea that USAID was an "independent agency feeding the deep state's piggy bank" is silly. There is no independent agency in the executive branch. They all answer to the President. It's literally written in the Foreign Assistance Act, that the President is supposed to give yearly strategic reports and guidance on how to use the money.

The more Musk talks, the more he appears to just be a liar. He must know that the President has no power for "planned cuts". Cut what? Trump can only cut staff, but the money for staff is still there for him to spend which is likely the money Musk is financing his team with.

There's no "killing" USAID without Congress repealing the Foreign Assistance Act. What's more likely with Rubio in charge, is more money directed to Israel.

But it's great P.R. for Trump to "expose" things, especially when it whitewashes his first term.

As if the entire bureaucracy didn't disobey and lie to him constantly last time.
Trump is airing out the dirty laundry and sending it to the incinerator and you are grasping at straws to complain.

 

[Swordsmyth]

It's being transferred temporarily as part of the process of taking control and dismantling it.

 

[wizardwatson]

As if the entire bureaucracy didn't disobey and lie to him constantly last time.
Trump is airing out the dirty laundry and sending it to the incinerator and you are grasping at straws to complain.

I'm not "grasping at straws to complain".

You Trump supporters have a serious problem comprehending this I think.

You have faith that Trump is a good person and that he is sincerely trying to do what he says he's trying to do and I do not. It is as simple as that.

Instead of seeing facts for facts, you go around trying to destroy the reputation of everyone who speak ill of Trump or his actions. Trump himself does this (e.g. "Anyone who disagrees with tariffs is controlled by big corporations and China".) Trump is a divisive demagogue and he followers chastise people for not being believers.

We used to chastise the left for this disdain for independent thought, but now it's firmly implanted in the MAGA movement. "You are either on or side or you are the enemy".

Great. Love it. Good luck.

But the question remains, why you all want to camp out here? The values of this site do not correspond.

 

[wizardwatson]

I laughed. Great pic

I will give credit to Elon. At least he allows Grok to generate images of famous people whereas ChatGPT does not.